Print Club London: Blisters 2017

You wouldn’t expect to find a staircase in a shipping container, but in East London anything can happen. When Print Club London invited me to a preview of the Blisters 2017 prints I knew it was going to be good, but stepping down into this amazing warehouse style room (yes it was underground) I was in awe – of both the room AND the prints, of course.

If you’re not familiar with Blisters then listen up – 50 prints by 50 artists for £50. It’s pretty simple, hey? I can still remember my first Blisters experience at the opening night back in 2014 – a buzzing atmosphere, great gin cocktails and an amazing array of prints! The big night is THIS FRIDAY – Friday 27th October (6-10PM) and to be in with a chance of getting your hands on any of the prints you’ll need to RSVP here.

For 2017, the theme is Paperback Books and I couldn’t wait to get a sneak peek at some of the prints! Oh look, is that EJP I spy snapping away?

The first 10 to be revealed are:

Jungle Book by Lucille Clerc

Peter Pan by Ornimental Conifer

The Human by Naomi Edmonson

Wizard of Oz by Cassandra Yap

Norweigan Wood by Miranda Sofroniou

Bonjour Tristesse by Lucille Moore

Night at the Circus by Rosie Emerson

Alice in Wonderland by Oli Fowler

The Big Sleep by Aleesha Nandhra

Mr Tickle by Davey Podmore

Which is your fave? No, but really because the guys at PCL kindly let us choose our top 3 prints for a print lottery of sorts where we would receive one as a surprise delivery. EEEK! Keep reading to find out which one was delivered to me…

Anyway, back to the business in hand – printing!

We had a mini introduction/refresher to screen printing and then got our hands messy:

I thought it was such a cute and different idea to have us monogram pillowcases – I think I might tie dye mine at some point. I’ve been keen to try some fabric printing for a while now so it was good to have a little go.

After cleaning our screens, we were whisked off to the Artists Residence for an amazing meal – gnocchi, tuna, salmon, beef… you name it, I ate it.

I did a bit of filming through out the evening, so if you fancy ‘coming along’ for the ride then check out my vlog:

When I got home I delved into the goody bag and discovered some lovely things including 2 pin badges (I was SO excited by the ‘I’ve pulled’ one!), some Sipsmith gin, a personalised book and our monogrammed pillowcases.

A few days later I had a knock at the door, and a rather large delivery: my surprise print! If you’ve watched my vlog then you will already know my response… SO MUCH EXCITEMENT!

* DRUM ROLL *

I was literally SO HAPPY to open the box and find Cassandra Yap’s Wizard of Oz print – I sat on the floor looking at it for about 20 minutes. JUST LOOK AT IT. So simple but yet so detailed.

I love her modern day twist on a classic, with the tattoos and of course, the GLITTER. I’m a magpie when it comes to anything shiny or glittery – I think it comes from my ‘more is more’ motto?

Whilst it stands alone on our radiator at the moment, the plan is to create a gallery wall with these ruby slippers as the centre piece. We’ve lived in our flat for almost two years now but not a single piece of artwork has made it onto the walls yet! I’m pretty keen to change this and of course, I’ll keep you updated – I’m thinking that I’ll do a post on the planning & process if that’s something you guys would be interested in?

Also just a quick note on the cushions; who said comfy couldn’t be colourful?! The lips cushion proved popular in my Instagram story. A few new additions were kindly sent to me by the Etsy UK team to celebrate the colder nights drawing in and, of course, the talented sellers: Natalie Lea Owen and Laura Slater.

In all honesty, I was supposed to give 1 of the 2 sets to a friend but I don’t know if I can part with them… ooops!

Thanks so much to the guys at PCL and the Artists Residence for looking after us – it was such a lovely evening and I couldn’t be happier with my print! Can’t wait to see the full 50 prints this Friday – see you there? There’s still time to rsvp if you fancy it…

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These prints are amazing! I love your Wizard of Oz print! I’m an English Lit grad so anything to do with books and I’m sold. I’m so sad that I won’t be around this Friday to attend 🙁 Steph xhttp://www.stephstyle.com

Anything colourful, shiny or sparkly and I’m there – a total magpie ha Think there are still a few prints available to buy online actually… head over to the Print Club website & see if any take your fancy? 🙂 x